AI and Academic Integrity: What Counts as Misuse vs Acceptable Use

Is using AI to brainstorm okay? What about rewriting a full essay or solving math problems step by step? This interactive poster presentation explores how AI is changing the meaning of academic integrity. Through discussion, quick polls and real classroom scenarios, decide what counts as acceptable use and what crosses the line, and practice responding to situations educators now face. Learn a practical framework for evaluating AI use based on an assignment's learning goal, recognizing when AI supports learning through brainstorming, feedback and revision and when it replaces student thinking. Explore strategies for setting clear expectations, building classroom norms and redesigning assignments that encourage responsible use. Leave with ready-to-use AI policy language, simple AI-use statements for assignments and syllabi, sample guidelines and disclosure expectations, and templates you can apply immediately or adapt into shared school policies. Move beyond fear and restriction toward clear, confident and consistent expectations for ethical AI use.